Mindfulness- Dr. Lori Gray

Please share this resource with stroke survivors. This is a wonderful virtual community and I will offer mindfulness meditation sessions here, starting on World Stroke Day. Thank you. 🙏🏼

We’re getting ready to celebrate World Stroke Day — a time to honor the strength, connection, and community that make recovery possible.

Later this month, SOCC (Stroke Onward Community Circle) will host a week of free, inspiring programs for stroke survivors, carepartners, and professionals.

Join the celebration, connect with others who understand life after stroke, and discover what’s possible when we heal together.

Come for the conversations, stay for the community.

🔗 https://circle.strokeonward.org

I recently had the pleasure and privilege of a conversation with amazing human and colleague, Dr. Katie Strong about mindfulness and living with aphasia.

I share a little of my journey thus far and offer some encouragement.

Please listen if you or someone you love is living with aphasia. This whole series produced by AphasiaAccess is a wonderful resource!

🌀Podcast link is in comments below 🌀

I was honored to be invited as a guest columnist for the American Stroke Association.

Below is the article, titled “Taking the Long View”. I hope it offers encouragement and inspiration - not only to stroke survivors, but to all those who are struggling and challenged.

Whatever it is that may feel insurmountable today….keep going. Your hearts and spirits are strong. Believe it. 💖🙏🏼💖

The Long View of Stroke Recovery and Why Mindfulness Matters Guest writer and stroke survivor Lori Gray, PhD, LP shares her recovery "path of healing" with a focus on mindfulness awareness and quality of attention.

Looking forward to being a guest at this meeting next week.

SIG 2, Neurogenic Communication Disorders invites you to stop by their virtual Open House and Networking meeting on April 18th from 8-9 p.m. ET. https://on.asha.org/3KB4ycG

Hear from Dr. Lori Gray, a Licensed Doctoral Psychologist, mindfulness teacher, and certified wellness coach. Dr. Gray is also a stroke survivor and will share about her current research project (https://on.asha.org/43Ap9Xc), which has turned her own stroke recovery into the nation's first-of-its-kind mindfulness-based training for survivors.

Thank you Western Michigan University for your support!

Mindfulness Based Recovery from Stroke - MBRfS

The smile on Dr. Lori Gray’s face could light up the entire Western campus, but five years ago, when she suffered a stroke, it impacted everything from her ability to smile to her ability to move one side of her body. Read about her vision to transform stroke recovery at https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70900.

It’s finally happening! I am excited and honored to collaborate in this project.

Lori Gray, Ph.D., director of holistic health programs at WMU, received a FRACAA grant for a pilot program aimed at mindfulness-based stroke recovery. She seeks to improve engagement and emotional resiliency in stroke survivors and to strengthen long-term individual recovery efforts and outcomes. The study, launching this week, is a collaboration with a neurological institute in Kansas City, Missouri. Congratulations Dr. Gray! Learn more at http://ow.ly/OMJm50KHoHX

Acceptance is a vital as an attitude to combat stress.

The Mindfulness Skill That Is Crucial for Stress - Mindful A study suggests that practicing acceptance helps reduce our stress more than simple mindful awareness.

This is a wonderful opportunity! I’ll be presenting two papers here next week. Check it out. ~Lori

Only 1 week left before we kick off the 4th International Conference on Mindfulness .

Join in from Monday to Friday, and get access to an exciting online program filled with research presentations, workshops, keynotes and practice sessions. On the final conference day, we’ll have a full practice day guided by teachers from all over the world.

Register at https://events.au.dk/icm2021/front-page.html

Come for the whole week or just a day. Pay with cash or with kindness.

Dear Facebook friends, below is a link for a recent publication regarding stroke recovery and mindfulness skills. I’d be grateful for your help in sharing my article with those affected by stroke (survivors and caregivers) as well as in the larger mindfulness community. I am seeking research participants and collaboration for the next steps in development. Thank you, as always, for your kindness and support. ~Lori

Living the Full Catastrophe: A Mindfulness-Based Program to Support Recovery from Stroke Decades of research suggest that Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training supports a greater capacity to live with chronic medical conditions and contributes to lowering stress levels. This paper introduces a model for a Mindfulness-Based Recovery from Stroke (MBRfS) for promoting stroke r...